Emerging Markets Editor

The Role

Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced editor to be based in London to cover Middle Eastern emerging markets. The successful candidate will join a team of reporters and editors who have set the standard for fast, accurate and insightful coverage of equity, fixed-income and foreign-exchange news. The role requires someone with experience of editing and reporting at a financial publication, newspaper or news service. The editor must have the ability to coach reporters to get the most out of their stories whilst ensuring accuracy and speed at all times.

Requirements:

- Previous financial journalism experience is essential
- Experience of working in a real time news environment is desirable
- Proven track record of editing financial stories
- Ability to coach reporters on sourcing, interviewing and writing
- Fluent English (both written and verbal) is essential
- Fluency in Arabic preferred

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.

November 6, 2013 • Tags: , • Posted in: Financial

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